China's Crude Oil Output Up 2.3% in August

YICHANG, CHINA--September 21, 2021--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--China's crude oil output totaled 17.03 million metric tons in August, a 2.3% increase from August 2020 and a 4.7% increase from August 2019, according to an announcement last week from China's National Bureau of Statistics. From January to August, China's crude oil output totaled 133.22 million metric tons, a 2.4% increase from the same period last year, or 4% up from the same period in 2019.